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#51
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I have made many around the world quilts & I think they are the easiest to do. I graph & color my quilt & match the fabric with the color #. I take my graph & take the pieces & stack in order til I have one strip stacked. I # the top & go down the row til I have all the strips stacked in order. I then take & sew a diagonal thread across the top outside corner of the first square. Thsat lets me know that that is the 1st strip & add to the right of the thread. then I sew all the squares for that strip together leaving the # on the top square. I continue sewing the strips, laying them on the bed so I can see that the pattern is true. When I am done sewing the strips, I then take 2 strips & sew together. then add 1 & so on til they are all sewed together. I then snadwich & tie my quilts. I haven't attempted to quilt one of the big ones yet. I cut my #'s from old calenders & usually use 19 #'s for a large king to the floor. I use the back to come over the front & topstitch down after it is all tied. I also double sew my squares together going 1 way then the other. I do the same with each strip. sew down then back up from the bottom. I have never had a quilt come apart at the seams using this method. It can be washed a thousand times & should never come apart at the seams. I use more thread that way but also no embarrassment of having to put it back together if it comes apart. Just my way and have done ever since I started and wouldn't do it any other way.
#52
I do my RTW quilts in quarters -- I find it is easier to sew the strips if they are shorter. Then I only have the 2 seams for the quarters and 1 long seam to finish it all.
I hand quilt sometimes shadowing the pieces, sometimes diagonal corner to corner.
I do a 6 1/2" square swap betting on baseball teams so I get and send several hundred pieces a year. After I separate into color piles, I can plan a RTW scrappy quilt.
I hand quilt sometimes shadowing the pieces, sometimes diagonal corner to corner.
I do a 6 1/2" square swap betting on baseball teams so I get and send several hundred pieces a year. After I separate into color piles, I can plan a RTW scrappy quilt.
#58
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Originally Posted by just_the_scraps_m'am
you're being tested...
i appreciate your humor...
think i would put a design wall to use
before i "sacked" the pieces!
can't wait to see what you come up with!
i appreciate your humor...
think i would put a design wall to use
before i "sacked" the pieces!
can't wait to see what you come up with!
#59
I think you should give up on quilting and become a writer. You're good at it. Or keep on quilting so you'll have even more to write about.
And did you know that even the weed whacker can be used in quilting? See John Flynn's web site. http://www.flynnquilt.com/workshop/FreeLessons/
And did you know that even the weed whacker can be used in quilting? See John Flynn's web site. http://www.flynnquilt.com/workshop/FreeLessons/
#60
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Originally Posted by dunster
I think you should give up on quilting and become a writer. You're good at it. Or keep on quilting so you'll have even more to write about.
And did you know that even the weed whacker can be used in quilting? See John Flynn's web site. http://www.flynnquilt.com/workshop/FreeLessons/
And did you know that even the weed whacker can be used in quilting? See John Flynn's web site. http://www.flynnquilt.com/workshop/FreeLessons/
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